Unit 5　Canada—“The True North”(Period 4　Using language: Listening and talking)

教學重點
1. develop students’ listening ability.
2. enable students to master different listening skills.
3. let them talk about the major similarities and differences between china and canada.
教學難點
1. get students to listen to and understand the listening materials.
2. let students talk about the major similarities and differences between china and canada.
三維目標
知識目標
1. get students to learn some useful new words and expressions in the listening passages.
2. let students learn about the major similarities and differences between china and canada.
能力目標
1. enable students to catch and understand the listening materials.
2. develop students’ ability to get special information and take notes while listening.
3. get students to learn and talk about the major similarities and differences between china and canada.
情感目標
1. enable students to know more about canada.
2. develop students’ sense of group cooperation and teamwork.

教學過程
→step 1 revision
1. check the homework exercises.
2. ask some students to translate some sentences using noun clauses as the appositive.
1)他登上月球的消息迅速傳遍全國。
2)將軍下達了戰士們立即過河的命令。
3)是否該做這件事, 這一問題使他很煩惱。
4)你不知道我是多么著急。
5)他突然想到敵人可能已經逃出城了。
suggested answers:
1)the news that he had landed on the moon soon spread all over the country.
2)the general gave the order that the soldiers should cross the river at once.
3)the question whether he should do this troubled him.
4)you have no idea how worried i was.
5)the thought came to him that maybe the enemy had fled the city.
→step 2 warming up
1. tell students: turn to page 37. we are going to the part listening.
2. let them in pairs discuss what they know about canada, especially its culture and people.
→step 3 listening
1. let students read the incomplete sentences in exercise 2 and guess what the topic of the listening material they will hear may be before listening.
2. play the tape for them to listen to and decide whether their guessing is right or not.
3. let them listen to the tape again and complete the following sentences with the correct information.
1)canada encourages people to keep ______________.
2)canada is a mixture of ______________.
3)if you live in the province of quebec, ______________.
4)native indians and the inuit are trying to ______________.
5)more than ______________ languages are used in radio and tv programs.
6)you may find areas where ______________ live near each other.
7)the families ______________ are usually all mixed up.